Tennessee

Florida defensive end Steven Harris pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery Wednesday and is eligible to play this week against Tennessee.

A dozen powder orange roses arrived at the home of Jimmy Ray Stephens on Tuesday, courtesy of Stephens’ new boss - Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer.

Stephens, the former UF assistant and former rival of the Vols, was named Tennessee’s new offensive line coach Tuesday. He will be introduced at a press conference today in Knoxville.

“It’s exciting,” said Stephens’ wife Regina on Tuesday night. “It was a long wait, but he ended up where he was meant to be.”

Stephens had been unemployed since Steve Spurrier resigned at UF on Jan. 4. Stephens was not retained by new UF coach Ron Zook and had been the only member of Spurrier’s old staff without a job the past several weeks.

Stephens had been UF’s offensive line coach since 1993, the year after he coached quarterback Danny Wuerffel and Fort Walton Beach High School to a state championship. He was the Gators’ running game coordinator the past two seasons.

Even if they beat Florida, you still can’t spell ‘citrus’ without UT.

Q. - What does UT football have in common with marijuana?
A. - They both get smoked in a bowl.

Q. - Why is the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and the State Prison in
Nashville?
A. - Nashville had first choice.

Q. What’s the best pickup line to use on a UT coed?
A. “Nice tooth, bitch.”

Q. How can you tell if a UT fan is married?
A. There are tobacco juice stains on the passenger door of his pickup.

Q.- How many Tennessee students does it take to change a flat tire?
A.- Just one, but they get 3 hours of credit.

The Houston Chronicle:

“You need a flowchart to keep track of all the subplots of today’s game between No. 2 Florida and No. 7 Tennessee at “The Swamp” — a berth in the Southeastern Conference championship game, a possible berth in the national championship game, bragging rights and a rematch of one of last year’s most controversial finishes.”

GoMemphis.com:

“The Gators have won 12 of the past 15 games against Tennessee and the Vols have lost seven straight in Gainesville. Florida is 68-4 overall under Spurrier at home, 39-2 in SEC games and 22-0 against East Division teams.”

Tampa Bay On-Line:

“In what could be a prelude to Pasadena, the Rose Bowl mantra will be evoked often before today’s Florida-Tennessee showdown. From 13th Street to Kirk Herbstreit, it’s sure to echo throughout the area surrounding The Swamp.”

I’m happy to report that five separate individuals searching the web found my web site using the search phrase “Tennessee football sucks“.

The Florida vs. Tennessee football game has now officially been rescheduled for Dec. 1, and the SEC Championship game will be played Dec. 8.
Also, the Florida vs. Miss. St. game on Sept. 29th will be televised by CBS and will be a 3:30 p.m. ET kick-off.

Mike makes a good point about the game this weekend. How hard is it going to be to hate Tennessee? How hard will the players play? I just can’t imagine. I can barely eat lately; I can’t even begin to think about tackling someone.

Homecoming, UT style.

For the past decade, the Eastern Division has been a two-team race to the SEC Championship Game between Florida and Tennessee. They have had absolutely no competition from the rest of the division. This year will be no exception.
If Tennessee quarterback Casey Clausen was a little more seasoned and the game wasn’t being played in Gainesville, I might give the Vols a chance in this game. But he isn’t and they aren’t, so the Volunteers will have to settle for second. - Terry Bowden on the SEC

The University of Tennessee Vols web site is excellent. Here’s a typical headline: Lying-Ass Bitch Makes Obviously Untrue Allegations Toward Football Program Sometimes I just can’t decide … which team do I hate more? The Yankees, The Vols, or the ‘Noles? Ouch! It makes my head hurt just to think of all three of them at the same time.